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The Ordinances of Manu: Translated from the Sanskrit book cover

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The Ordinances of Manu Translated from the Sanskrit

By Arthur Coke Burnell Copyright 2001
    450 Pages
    by Routledge

    450 Pages
    by Routledge

    First Published in 2000. This is Volume III of ten of the Oriental series looking at Indian Religion and Philosophy. It was written around 1884 and includes the translation from Sanskrit of the ‘Manava-dharma-castra’ by the late Dr. Burnell which was completed by the editor.

    Part 1; The Ordinances of ManuThe Source of this Work, and an Account of the Origin of the Universe; with a Summary of the Contents of the Whole Book; Sources of this System and the Countries Where it Obtains; on the First Condition of Life of a Brahman, or that of a Student; On Marriage, and on the Religious Duties of a Householder, or the Second State of Life; On A Householder’s Duty as Regards Subsistence and Private Morals; On Food, Ceremonial Purification, and the Duties of Women; On the Third and Fourth Orders or Stages of Life; On The Duties of Kings, and On The Second Caste; Lecture VIII. 1117 The eighth and ninth Chapter s of the text correspond to all N?rada and the second book of Y?jnavalkya., Cf. also Vi?nu, iv.–xviii; ?p. ii., kh. 13, 14, 26–29; Gaut. x. xii. xiii. xviii. xxviii; Vas. xv. xviii; Baudh. ii. 3, par; Lecture IX; Lecture X; Lecture XI; Lecture XII;

    Biography

    Arthur Coke Burnell, Edward W. Hopkins Columbia College, N.Y.

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